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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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