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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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