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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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