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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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