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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What 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 problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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