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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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