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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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