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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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