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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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