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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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