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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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