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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally 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 online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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