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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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