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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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