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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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