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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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