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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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