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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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