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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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