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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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