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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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