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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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