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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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