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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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