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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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