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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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