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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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