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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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