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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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