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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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