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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online 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 many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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