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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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