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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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