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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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