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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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