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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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