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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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