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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free 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 elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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