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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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