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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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