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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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