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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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