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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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