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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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