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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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