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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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