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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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