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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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