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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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