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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally 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 have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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