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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the 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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