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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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