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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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