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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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