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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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