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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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