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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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