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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online 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 organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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