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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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