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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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