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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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