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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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