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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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