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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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