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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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