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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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