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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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