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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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