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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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