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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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