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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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