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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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