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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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