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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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