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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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