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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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