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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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