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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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