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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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