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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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