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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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