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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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