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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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