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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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