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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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