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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually 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 issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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