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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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