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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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