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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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