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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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