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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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