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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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