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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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