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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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