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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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