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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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