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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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