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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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