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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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 several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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