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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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