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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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