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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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