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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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