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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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