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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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