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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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