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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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