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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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