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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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