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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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