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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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