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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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