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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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