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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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