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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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