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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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