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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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