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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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