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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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