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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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