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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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