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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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