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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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