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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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