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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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