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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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