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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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