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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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