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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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