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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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