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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate 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 massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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