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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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