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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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