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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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