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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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