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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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