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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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