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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses 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. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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