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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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