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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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