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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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