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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with 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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