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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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