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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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