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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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