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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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