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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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