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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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