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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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