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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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