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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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