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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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