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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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