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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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