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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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 issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major 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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