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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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