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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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