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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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