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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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