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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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