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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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