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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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