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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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