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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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