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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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