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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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