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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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