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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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