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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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