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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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