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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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