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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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