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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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