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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates 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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