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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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