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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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