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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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