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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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