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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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