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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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