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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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