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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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