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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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