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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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