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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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