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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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