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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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