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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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