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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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