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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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