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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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