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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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