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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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