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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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