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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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