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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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