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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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