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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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