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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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