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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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