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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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