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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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