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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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