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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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