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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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