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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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