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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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