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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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