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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with 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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