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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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