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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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