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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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