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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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