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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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