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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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