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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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