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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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