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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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