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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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