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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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