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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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