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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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