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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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