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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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