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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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