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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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