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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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