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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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