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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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