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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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