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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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