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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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