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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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