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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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