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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 several subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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