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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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