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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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