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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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