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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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