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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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