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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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