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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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