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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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