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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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