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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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