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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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