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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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