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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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