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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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