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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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