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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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