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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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