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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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