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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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