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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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