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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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