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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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