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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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