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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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