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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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