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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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