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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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