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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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