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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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