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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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