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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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