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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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