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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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