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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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