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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important 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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