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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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