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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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