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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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