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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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