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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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