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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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