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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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