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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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