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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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