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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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