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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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