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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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