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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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