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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. 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 open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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