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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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