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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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