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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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