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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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