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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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