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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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