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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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