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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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