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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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