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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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