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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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