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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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