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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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