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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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