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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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