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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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