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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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