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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions 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. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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