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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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