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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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