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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need 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 resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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