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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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