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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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