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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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