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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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