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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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