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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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