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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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