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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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