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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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