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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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