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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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