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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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