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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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