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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not 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 online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates 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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