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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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