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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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