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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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