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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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