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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically 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 many issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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