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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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