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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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