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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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