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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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