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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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