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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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