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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education