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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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