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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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