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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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