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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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