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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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