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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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