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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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