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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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