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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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