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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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