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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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