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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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