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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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