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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important 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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