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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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