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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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