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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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 several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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