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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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