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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally 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 variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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