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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly 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 topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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