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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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