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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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