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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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