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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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