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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting 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 stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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