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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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