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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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