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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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