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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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