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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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