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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners 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 issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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