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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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