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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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