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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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