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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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