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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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