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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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