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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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