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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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