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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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