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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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