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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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