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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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