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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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