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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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