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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 (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important 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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