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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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