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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. 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 for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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