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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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