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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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