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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually 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 variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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