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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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