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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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