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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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