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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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