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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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