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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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