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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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