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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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