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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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