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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally 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 e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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