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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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