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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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