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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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