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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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