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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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