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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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