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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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