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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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