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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are 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 many topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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