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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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