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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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