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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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