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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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