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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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