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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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