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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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