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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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