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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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