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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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