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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews 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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