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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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