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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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