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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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