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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners 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 online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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