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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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