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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal 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 teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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