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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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