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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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