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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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