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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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