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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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