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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily 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 lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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