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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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