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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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