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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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