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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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