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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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