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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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