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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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