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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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