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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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