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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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