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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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