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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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