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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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