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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the 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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