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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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