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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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