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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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