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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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