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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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