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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free 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 online learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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