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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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