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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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