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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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