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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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