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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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