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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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