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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important 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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