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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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