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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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