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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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