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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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