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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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