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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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