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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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