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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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