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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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