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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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