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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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