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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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