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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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