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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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