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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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