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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major 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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