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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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