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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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