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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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