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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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