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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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