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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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