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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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