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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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