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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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