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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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