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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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