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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses 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 online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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