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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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