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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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