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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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