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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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