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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. 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 online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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