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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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