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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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