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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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