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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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