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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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