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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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