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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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