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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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