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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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