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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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