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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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