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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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