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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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