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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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