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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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