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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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