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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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