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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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