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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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