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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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