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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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