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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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