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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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