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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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