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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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