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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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