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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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