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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate 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 digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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